Hair net



March 23, 1943. 5 HENRY I Y 2,314,396 v HAIR NET Filed Dec. 8, 1942 INVENToR.

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T-roR/VEVS Patented Mar. 23, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFCE 2,314,396 HAIR NET Sidney Henry, New York, N. Y.

Application December'S, 1942, Serial No. 468,179

y (o1. 13a-49) 2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in hair nets and has particular' reference to means for securing the net in position o'n the coiffure.

It has been common practice in the art of making hair nets to extend elastic bands Wholly or partially around the border. of the net in order to conform the latter to the head when in position thereon. Aside from the fact that women do not find such nets entirely satisfactory due to the binding action of the elastic, particularly across the forehead, the present emergency dictates that the use of rubber in articles which are not absolutely essential to the War effort, be curtailed as much as possible.

Therefore, in accordance with the present in-.

Vention, it is proposed to provide an improved hair net of simple and practical construction which will readily adjust itself to the head of the wearer and which will have the ability to more securely retain its adjusted position on the coiffure.

A further feature is to so construct the hair net as to form apertures at opposed points therein which, when the net is in position, Will be in close proximity to the ears of the wearer so that, if desired, the ears may be projected through the apertures and, in this position, a portion of the net will extend under the lobes of the ears and in the back thereof and thus aid materially in preventing any shifting of the net on the head.

Another feature is to provide the usual opening in the hair net after which adjacent points of the border defining said opening are connected, at predetermined spaced distances apart, by any suitable means which will form apertures in the body of the net, and which will constrict or reduce the original size of the nel'I opening and thus shape the net so that it Will properly fit and conform to the contour of the head of the wearer.

A still further feature resides in forming a hair net of a strip of suitable fabric and gathering opposite ends of the strip and tying, knotting or otherwise permanently securing v said gathered portions to form an opening for the net, after which the border forming said opening is connected, at spaced apart points, by any suitable resilient means, such as an elastic band or strip or its equivalent, which will define opposed apertures in the net and reduce in size the originally formed opening so that when the net is placed on the head said resilient means will contract the net about its border portion and cause the same to properly conform to the coiffure.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly .from the following detailed description When takenl in connection with the accompanying drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of theinventive idea.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 isl a perspective view of the completed net.

Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the net in one position of adjustment on the head of the wearer, and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary side elevation illustrating another application of the net wherein the ears of the wearer are projected through the apertures formed in the net body. y In making the present hair net, it may be desirable to follow the customary practice of forming the net from an elongated strip of any suitable mesh fabric or the like which constitutes the main or body portion 5 of the net. This strip is then gathered at its ends and knotted or tied in any suitable manner, as indicated at 6, this operation also being the usual practice. The strip of fabric may, if desired, bev formed with a closely knitted border which, after the gathering of the strip, constitutes an opening 1 for the net. Thus far, the net has been only preliminarily shaped and requires the addition of other means'which will enable the same to be fitted upon the head.

In accordance with the present invention, and in order to cause the net body 5 to assume a substantially rounded shape when completed so that the portion thereof adjacent the opening 1 will -be reduced in size as compared to the center part of the net body to enable the latter to better fit the head, it is proposed to join or connect, by any suitable means, and preferably on opposite sides of the portions 6, two points of the border forming said opening 'l to thus constrict the size of the latter. It is conceivable that other adjacent points than those mentioned may also be so connected. The means shown herein, and preferably though not necessarily employed, for so connecting spaced apart points of the border or opening 1 may consist of a small strand of rubber 8 or other elastic material. Thus, at suitable and substantially equal distances from each gathered portion 6, points of the border 1- are brought together and the strand 8 is looped through the mesh of the body 5 at its border and said strand may then be tied or otherwise permanently fixed in position. When thus positioned, the loop 8 reduces the size ofthe net opening and is spaced such a distance from the gathered portion 6 that an aperture 9 is formed in the side of the body 5 contiguous to the border 1. The spacing between the portions 6 and the loops 8 on opposite sides of the net is preferably such as to make the apertures 9 sufliciently large that the wearer of the net may, if she so desires, project her ears through said apertures, as shown in Fig. 3. When thus positioned, the loops 8 will pass under the lobes of the ears, and the rear edges of the apertures will extend behind said ears with the result that there will be less likelihood of any shifting of the net on the head and therefore said net will be more securely retained in its adjusted position on the coiffure.

Whether the net is positioned in Fig. 2 or Fig. 3, it is apparent that the connecting elements 8 combine to constrict the size of the net opening so that said net will better conform to the head, and when said elements are made of an elastic material their resiliency aids still more in effecting a proper lit of the net on the head and about the coiffure.

What is claimed is:

1. A hair net comprising a body formed of a strip of mesh fabric having its opposite ends gathered and tied so that the longitudinal edges of the strip will combine to form a circumferential border which constitutes an opening for the net, and a single strand of resilient material looped through border openings in said mesh body at points on opposite sides of and substantially equi-distant from one of said gathered and tied ends so as to constrict the original size of the net opening, said strand then combining with the remainder of said longitudinal edges to form a continuation of and complete the circumferential border of the constricted opening.

2. A hair net comprising a body formed from a strip of mesh fabric having its opposite ends gathered and tied so that the longtudinal edges of the strip will combine to form a circumferential border which constitutes an opening for the net, and resilient elements on opposite sides of the net and each element connecting spaced points of said strip along said border, which points are on opposite sides of and substantially equidistant from an adjacent gathered end, said resilient elements acting in direct alinement with said border to contract the latter and thereby constrict the original size of said opening and to shift the positions of said gathered ends so that they will be between the border of the constricted opening and the crown of the net, and each element also combining with the adjacent gathered end of the net and with the portions of said edges between said points of connection to form an aperture in the body of the net.

SIDNEY HENRY. 

